Reuniões ordinárias

Meeting of 7 December 2023

An ordinary meeting of the Delegation for relations with India (D-IN) was held on Thursday 7 December 2023 at 9.00-10.30 in Brussels. This meeting was a preparatory meeting for the upcoming 15th EU-India Inter-parliamentary meeting (IPM) scheduled for 18-20 December 2023 in New Delhi and Mumbai, India.

The 1st part of the meeting was dedicated to a briefing and exchange of views with:

  • the representative of the EEAS, Ms Rensje Teerink, Head of Unit, on latest developments in relations between the EU and India, and
  • Mr Christophe Kiener, EU chief negotiator of the free trade agreement with India, on the state of negotiations

The 2nd part of the meeting was dedicated to an exchange of views on the draft programme and draft agenda for the official visit to India.

The meeting was held in camera.

Meeting of 1 June 2023

An ordinary meeting of the Delegation for relations with India (D-IN) took place on Thursday 1 June 2023 at 14.00-15.30 in Brussels.

As main topic on the draft agenda there was an exchange of views on EU-India cooperation in the area of climate and energy transition with

  • Mr Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General, DG Energy, European Commission;
  • Mr Siddharth Singh, International Energy Agency (IEA);
  • Ms Fanny Sauvignon, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS); and
  • Mr Easwaran J. Narassimhan, Centre for Policy Research


Morten Løkkegaard (Renew Europe, DK) was elected Chair at the meeting 9 January 2023

newly elected Chair of the Delegation for relations with India
Mr Morten Løkkegaard (Renew Europe, DK) © EP offices ML
Following the departure of Mr Gade, Mr Løkkegaard was elected Chair of the Delegation for relations with India.Michael Karnitschnig, Director for External relations at the Secretariat General of the Commission and Rensje Teerink, Deputy Director for Asia and the Pacific at the EEAS, took part in the exchange of views on India's G20 priorities followed by an intervention from Mr. Debasish Prusty, Chargé d'Affairs at the Indian Embassy. India's priorities for the G20 reflect its domestic priorities, plus the Global South agenda, with a focus on debt distress, access to finance and technology transfer. With climate change at the heart of its presidency, India would like a green development pact to be agreed. Technological/digital transformation is also a priority.

Meeting of the delegation in Brussels on 19 May 14.00-15h30 IN CAMERA

The meeting focused on the recent developments in the relations between India and the EU in the area of foreign and security cooperation. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss India's position regarding the Russian war on Ukraine with Gunnar Wiegand, (Asia and the Pacific at the EEAS), & Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot, Senior Research Fellow, Professor at King's College London, President of the French Association of Political Science. Members questions focused on EU - India Trade and Technology Council, the status of democracy and rule of law in India, the relations between India and China, the relations between Islamabad and New Delhi.

Meeting of the Delegation in Brussels Monday 28 March IN CAMERA

H.E. Ambassador Santosh Jha, Mission of India to the EU and Mr Giogkarakis-Argyropoulos, Head of Division South Asia, EEAS, held an exchange of views on "State of play of the EU - India relations". The Ambassador emphasized the significant deepening of the EU - India partnership over the past two years, in particular in the areas of connectivity, climate change, maritime security and human rights. Mr Giogkarakis-Argyropoulos mentioned the importance of working with EU's partners, in particular strategic ones, such as India. The next EU - India Summit is expected to take place towards the end of the year

Meeting of the Delegation in Brussels Monday 14 March

"The EU Indo-Pacific Strategy and the security implications of QUAD"
Joint Delegations - DANZ, JAPAN and INDIA © EP Photobookings 2022
The Joint meeting was held with all three Delegation Chairs and with Members from the Japan and India delegations. H.E. Ambassador Caroline Millar, Mission of Australia to the EU, H.E. Ambassador Santosh Jha, Mission of India to the EU and H.E. Ambassador Yasushi Masaki, Mission of Japan to the EU addressed the delegations on "The EU Indo-Pacific Strategy and the security implications of QUAD" engaging equally in outlining their main security concerns, while David McAllister, AFET Chair and SEDE rapporteur presented the main features of the SEDE report and of the security implications of the Indo-Pacific Strategy. The Delegation Chairs and Ambassadors look forward to the adoption by SEDE and then by Plenary of the McAllister report.

Meeting of the Delegation in Brussels 16 July 2020

This meeting was held with the possibility of REMOTE PARTICIPATION via room ASP 1G3 on Thursday 16 July from 16h45-18h00. Mr Søren GADE, Danish Member of the RENEW group was elected Chair of the Delegation. An exchange of views with the EEAS on the current situation in India as regards to COVID 19 and on developments in EU-India relations followed

Meeting of the Delegation in Brussels 27 January 2020

The last meeting of the India Delegation prior to Brexit took place on 27 January 2020, under the chairmanship of Mr Dinesh Dhamija (UK, Renew).
Ms Caroline Vinot, EEAS Head of Unit, briefed the delegation on the recent official visit by the HR/VP Josep Borrell and updated Members on preparations for the forthcoming EU-India summit, scheduled to take place in March 2020.

The meeting of the delegation for relations with India, Brussels

On Monday 9 December the Chair of the Delegation, Dinesh Dhamija welcomed Her Excellency, Ambassador Gaitri Issar Kumar for an exchange of views with the delegation members. India and the EU have been strategic partners since 2004. In 2018, the EU adopted its new Strategy on India, which not only comprises a wide range of cooperation areas, but also aims at adding momentum to this relationship, that has not reached its full potential. Concern and disappointment that as yet it has not been possible to make more progress on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement -the Ambassador pointed out that a new scoping exercise was underway and that a new Administration in Delhi and a new DG Trade would be an opportunity to re-launch the stagnant negotiations.

The first 9th term meeting for the delegations for relations with India

This will take place in Strasbourg on Wednesday 23 October in LOW S4.5. from 18.00-19.00
Unfortunately Ambassador Gaitri Issar Kumar, will not be available this meeting and will meet the delegation on another occasion. An exchange of views with colleagues from the EEAS (by video conference) will take place as scheduled.